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OneLiner — June 2, 2026

Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring Home Alone (1990), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Reservoir Dogs (1992).

Matinee

Keep the change, ya filthy animal.

Answer: Home Alone ()

The line is from a fake gangster film-within-a-film called Angels with Filthy Souls, an invented homage to 1930s pictures. Director Chris Columbus also wrote the fake gangster movie's dialogue, which the young protagonist watches on VHS.

Primetime

Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy.

Answer: The Outlaw Josey Wales ()

Clint Eastwood took over directing duties from Philip Kaufman partway through production after creative disputes. Based on a novel by Asa Earl Carter, a former Klan member writing under a Cherokee pseudonym — a fact unknown to the studio at the time.

Midnight

Are you gonna bark all day, little doggy, or are you gonna bite?

Answer: Reservoir Dogs ()

The debut feature for its writer-director, who cast himself, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, and Michael Madsen. Keitel signed on first and used his clout to help fund the film as co-producer.

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